Self-respect

Self-respect is entirely different from self-love, or even self-esteem. People have said that innocence ends when one is stripped of the delusion that one likes oneself. By loss of innocence, I mean the realization that I am not special, that I am not living a charmed life, there is nobody watching over me. Real self-respect can follow, unpinned by the feeling of entitlement.

"The world breaks everyone and afterwards many are strong at the broken
places. But those that will not break it kills. It kills the very good,
the very brave, and the very gentleimpartially. If you are none of these
you can be sure it will kill you too, only there will be no special
hurry."